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ICSE Class IX Prelims 2020 : English Paper 1 (English Language)

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Time : 2 Hours Maximum Marks : 80 ENGLISH paper-1 ICSE Self Assessment Paper Solutions of Question Paper 1 Answer 1 [20] (a) The entire day was a comedy of errors. I got up early, but I spent so long in the shower that I knew I would be late for school. I pulled on my clothes and ran out of the house but I still missed the school bus. I had to wait fifteen minutes for the public bus. I was annoyed with myself. What made it worse were the stares I received from people at the bus stop and inside the bus. I know my hair was uncombed, but was that any reason to stare at a person? So rude! I rushed into the classroom and huffed up to my desk in a bad mood. The other students were still in the assembly hall, but they would be back any minute now. I decided to sit and relax for a bit. My class teacher entered the room first, glaring at me. The rest of my classmates followed. Thyagu, explain! she said curtly. I stood up and opened my mouth to speak, but there was a sudden explosion of snort, laughs and giggles. Two of my friends fell off their chairs, holding on to their stomachs. I was amazed. Why were they all being so weird? I turned back to my teacher to see that she was facing the white board. Her head was down and her shoulders were moving up and down. I stared at her back and it slowly dawned on me- she was laughing too! One of the girls was pointing at me and she giggled. I looked down at myself and received the biggest shock of all. I was wearing my crisp, white uniform shirt with a red and blue tie, which was perfect. But I was also wearing my pyjama bottoms! The grey one with little horses all over it. In my hurry, I must have grabbed the same pants I had been wearing at night after I got out of the shower! I grinned weakly and waited for the laughter to die down. When my teacher finally turned around, she glared at me again. I m sorry, Ma am, I said, It s an accident. I ll go change into my gym uniform- it s in my locker. Oh no, you won t! You were late by fifteen minutes. You missed the assembly and you showed up in pyjama bottoms. No way are you getting off easy. You ll wear this uniform for the rest of the day! It was a horror movie. Today of all days, I had a timetable that took me out of the classroom often. There was library period, games, physics lab, lunch...everywhere I went people grinned and winked. The 11th standard boys mimicked horses galloping through the corridors. The physics lab technician, who was telling us about the Archimedes Principle, talked about immersing a horse in a tank of water. Everywhere I went, people neighed and trotted. Worst of all, when I passed the staff room, I heard a noise from inside that sounded suspiciously like Giddy-up! When I finally got back home and into my bedroom, I tore off my horse-featured pyjama pants and fell onto my bed. What a day! All because I was rushed through my morning routine! As I stared at the ceiling and said a silent thank you to God that the day was finally over, I added one more thing- I promised myself that I would never put myself in such a position again! Answering Tips Dialogue can help bring the scene alive and make your story lively. Suspense and surprise are important aspects to any good story.

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